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WEB LINKS Filmmaker’s Digital Film Portfolio Online: Filmmaker’s Website: http://www.jdwalker.org IMDb: http://www.imdb.me/JDWalker
S P E C I A L S K I L L S • In Design • Photoshop • Illustrator • Dreamweaver • HTML • Avid • Final Cut Pro X • Web 2.0 Tools • MS Office Suite
E d u c a t i o n B.A. -‐ Drama (cum laude), San Francisco State University 1998 Ph.D. -‐ African American and Caribbean Literature (distinction), Howard University 2005 (received at age 27) Certificate -‐ Online Teaching and Management, Sloan-‐C Consortium 2013 M.F.A. -‐ TV & Film Production, University of Southern California In progress
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OSCAR MICHEAUX
OFFICIAL SITE: www.oscarmicheauxmovie.com
Screenplay: Jamie Walker
THE YOUNG OSCAR MICHEAUX OFFICIAL SITE:
IMDb Screenplay: Jamie Walker
THE POSTWOMAN OFFICIAL SITE:
www.thepostwomanmovie.com Screenplay: Jamie Walker
TUPAC vs. OPD OFFICIAL SITE:
IMDb Screenplay: Jamie Walker
BLACK WALL STREET OFFICIAL SITE:
Black Wall Street Movie Screenplay: Jamie Walker
MOBILE JUSTICE-CA ITUNES APP Screenplay: Jamie Walker
iTunes
S e l e c t e d F i l m P r o j e c t s ( A b o v e )
FILM EXPERIENCE
July 2015, Tribute to Sandra Bland: Know Your Rights (Episode 1), digital video, 3 minutes. Position: writer/producer/unit production manager. A short documentary series detailing an individual's rights and responsibilities when dealing with law enforcement. Created for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Mobile Justice-‐CA app, which is called Know Your Rights – CA in Los Angeles. Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/136264511 Password: 1234
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July 2015, Racial Profiling: Know Your Rights (Episode 2), digital video, 3 minutes. Position: writer/producer/unit production manager. A short documentary series detailing an individual's rights and responsibilities when dealing with law enforcement. Created for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Mobile Justice-‐CA app, which is called Know Your Rights – CA in Los Angeles. Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/136900879 Password: 123 July 2015, Beatnik, digital video, 88 minutes. Position: unit production manager/producer. A feature film about a Black woman teacher who lands her first job at a continuation school in West Oakland and, after learning about the struggles her teens are facing, stands up to advocate for their fragile lives. Created for The Movement Media Group and In Yo Face Film Works.
May 2015, Happy Birthday Oscar Grant, Love Mom, digital video, 10 minutes. Position: producer/behind the scenes photographer. A short documentary featuring the mother of Oscar Grant, an Oakland teen who was murdered by a BART police officer. The introspective documentary takes us into the home of Wanda, Oscar’s mother, who celebrates her son’s birthday together with family and friends years after his passing. Created for Mo Gorjestani along with Ephraim Walker at Molecule Film Works. January 2015, Oscar Micheaux Biopic, digital video, 98 minutes. Position: producer/screenwriter. A biopic set during the Harlem Renaissance era about a Negro pioneer from the silent film era who faces numerous obstacles from the censorship board and the black press getting his first feature film distributed. Created as a result of my Sundance Film Festival Pitching Contest Win in 2013 and for Make It Happen Entertainment, who has optioned film. January 2014, The Postwoman, digital video, 112 minutes. Position: writer/director/producer. The story of a single Black mother who, after being laid off from her job, gains her independence when she confronts her family about her secret life with another woman. Created for Southern Fried Chicken Film works with a “first look” offer from Wolfe Video.
August 2014, Family Equality Services: Documentary, digital video, 10 min. Position: producer. A short documentary advocating for the rights of LGBT partners, spouses, and families to have equal access to reproductive care. Created for Maya Scott Chung for Family Equality Services. July 2013, The Movement Media Group: Film Trailers, digital video, 9 minutes. Position: cinematographer/producer. Film two short trailers set in Vallejo, California for Ephraim Walker, president of The Movement Media Group, about young African American teens and their experiences with racial profiling. June 2012, Year of the Snake, digital video, 12 minutes. Position: associate producer/grip. A Japanese love story that chronicles one man's descent into the illegal human organ trafficking business in the USA. Created for Nancy Baysinger Productions. January 2010, The Postwoman, digital video, 9 minutes.
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Position: writer/director/producer. A single mom gains her independence when she confronts her family about her secret life with another woman. Created for JD Publishing Group.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
CIRQUE DU SOLIEL Santa Monica, CA Production Assistant 2014
• Manage crowd control in and out of theater, guiding traffic and answering questions. • Manage cash registers in Food Services. Prepare and deliver purchases, including restocking
shelves. • Maintain friendly atmosphere and courteous service.
TINA MABRY PRODUCTIONS Los Angeles, CA Production Assistant 2012
• Assist production office for Future States, a PBS documentary, with call sheets and administrative tasks, including creating and distributing production forms such as contracts to cast and crew.
• Maintain database of cast and crew and coordinated transportation services. • Lead and direct cast and crew on set as well. Provide and arrange crafty services for cast and crew. • Organize the positioning and relocation of props on set.
MYNAH FILM WORKS Oakland, CA Production Assistant (Dyke Central Web Series) 2013
• Delivered production team support by leading and directing talent. • Arranged and staged props on set. • Provided transportation services for team. • Distributed call sheets and helped to arrange crafty services for talent and crew.
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FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS Black Hollywood's Sista's are Doin It for Themselves Film Festival (World Premiere) Hollywood, CA Saturday, April 17, 2010 Philadelphia Black Gay Pride Film Festival Philadelphia, PA Friday, April 23, 2010 The Boston LGBT Film Festival Boston, MA Friday, May 14, 2010 The Queer Women of Color Film Festival (Origination) San Francisco, CA Friday, June 11, 2010 Frameline 34 Film Festival San Francisco, CA Weds. June 23, 2010 Oakland "Mo Butta" Pride Film Festival Oakland, CA Friday June 25, 2010 South Carolina Black Pride Film Festival South Carolina June 25, 2010 Chicago "Windy City" Black Pride Film Festival Chicago, IL Thursday, July 1, 2010 Black Women’s Arts Festival Philadelphia, PA Thursday, July 28, 2010 Triangle-Shades of Pride (Raleigh/Chapel Hill/Durham) Film Fest Raleigh, NC Saturday, July 31, 2010 Indiana Black Pride Film Festival Indiana Saturday, August 7, 2010
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Michigan Womyn's Music & Film Festival Michigan Saturday, August 7, 2010 The Oakland International Black LGBT Film Festival Oakland, CA Thursday, August 12, 2010 Nashville Black Pride Film Festival Nashville, TN October 2010 Atlanta Black Pride Film Festival Atlanta, GA Friday, September 4 & Sunday September 5 Detroit 4th Annual Women of Color International Film Festival Detroit, MI The Reel Sistas of the African Diaspora Film Festival October 16, 2010 New York Out on Film Festival Atlanta, GA October 2010 The African American Film Festival Portland, Oregon Saturday, November 13, 2010 The Savannah LGBT Film Society Film Fest Savannah, GA Dec. 5, 2010 N.I.A. (Bay Area LGBT) Collective Women’s Gathering Walnut Creek, CA December 2010 Brown Sugah Bash Movie Night Washington, DC June 18, 2011 La Femme Film Festival Screenplay "Finalist" Los Angeles, CA October 11-14, 2012 Hollywood Black Film Festival Screenplay "Semi-Finalist" Los Angeles, CA October 25-28, 2012
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New York African Diaspora Film Festival The Schomburg Center New York, New York November 3--December 11, 2012 Black Hollywood Many Short Film Showcase Hollywood, CA Saturday, December 14, 2013 Delta Sigma Theta Black Woman Film Showcase Charlotte, NC Friday, January 17, 2014 San Diego Black Film Festival San Diego, CA Friday, January 31, 2014 Texas Black Film Festival Thursday, February 20, 2014 Charlotte Black Film Festival Charlotte, NC Saturday, March 3, 2014 San Francisco Black Film Festival San Francisco, CA Sunday, June 12, 2014 The Grammy Museum – Blackout Film Festival Los Angeles, CA July 2015
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ACTING CREDITS
FILM & TELEVISION The Postwoman (Feature) Director/Producer/Cinematographer JD Publishing Group, LLC Becoming Oscar Micheaux (Feature) Director/Producer/Cinematographer JD Publishing Group LLC The Young Oscar Micheaux (Short) Director/Producer/Cinematographer JD Publishing Group, LLC Family Equality (Documentary) Cinematographer Dir. Maya Scott-Chung Crossover P.A. Dir. Tina Mabry Year of the Snake P.A. Dir. Nancy Baysinger Fruitvale Station NYE Shopper/Bart Witness Dir. Ryan Coogler Justice Via Arts: Teaching Students Documentary Director/Screenwriter/Cinematographer Dir. JD Walker The Postwoman (Short Film) Director/Writer/Cinematographer Dir. JD Walker A Fractured Life Restaurant Woman Dir. Adam Bushey Michael Jackson: SP2 (JAPAN TV) Oxford University Member/Fan Duo Creative Nash Bridges (CBS) Supporting/Cassidy’s Friend Dir. Whitney Ransick A Wealth of Wisdom (CSPAN) Panel Participant Dir. Camille Cosby Malcolm X: Soldier of Righteousness Church Goer Dir. Cedric O’ Bannan Flubber (Disney Pictures) Basketball Attendee Dir. Les Mayfield
MUSIC VIDEO Mobb Unit Lead Dir: David Schendel
STAGE The Precious Damsels Lead Dir. Sherri Young; Mills College As You Like It Lead Dir. Sherri Young; Afr-Amer Shakespeare Co. House of Bernarda Alba Magdalena Dir. Mary Coleman Magic Theater; SF, CA Gotta Getta Life Lead Dir. Daniel Chumley; SF Mime Troupe Nobody Knows: James Baldwin Lead Dir. Rhonnie Washington; SF State University Arcadia Lead Student Production; SF State University For Colored Girls Supporting Student Production; San Francisco State University Fences Lead Student Production; San Francisco State University
VOICE OVERS Joe Gorham’s Night Life Poetry Show Featured Poet WHUR 96.3 FM Howard University Radio News Anchor WHBC 830 AM Soul Talk with Jamie Walker Host WHBC 830 AM Jazz Overnight Radio Commercial Lead Talent WPFW 89.3 FM Midday Message with Rene Nash Lead Talent WHUR 96.3 FM
SPECIAL SKILLS Casting Assistant, Production Crew (Locations/Grip/PA), Production Office Assistant, Behind the Scenes Photojournalist and Cinematographer, Marketing and Social Media, Casting Coordinator, Interviewing Subjects, Screenwriting, Script and Story Consultant, Voiceover, Teaching Film, Theater, and Documentary Making, Traveling/Logistics, Author, Conference Presenter, Public Speaker, CA Forensic State Champion (for Dramatic Interp. of August Wilson’s Fences), Athletic, Golfing, Hiking, Yoga, Web-Design, HTML, Adobe CS5, Final Cut Pro, File Maker Pro, Typing 100 WPM. Sundance Film Festival Pitching Contest Winner, Sundance Film Festival Table Read My Screenplay Contest (Honorable Mention), Best Short at PDX African American Film Festival, Screenwriting Award from Gregory Allen Howard, Documentary Honorable Mention Award from Camille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint.
EDUCATION & TRAINING San Francisco State University (B.A.) Theater 1998 John Howard Swain’s Acting for Commercials Workshop 1996
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HONORS AND AWARDS
George Lucas Scholarship Award, USC School of Cinema 2016 Santa Clara University Innovation for Teaching with Technology Award 2013 Sundance Film Festival Pitching Contest Winner 2013 Sundance Film Festival Table Read My Screenplay Contest 2013 National Visionary Leadership Heritage Fellowship 2003 The Dr. Howard Lonsdale Screenwriting Scholarship Award 2003 The Sonia Sanchez Outstanding Poetry Research Assistant Award 2001 Lannan Poetry Fellowship, The Shakespeare Theater, Washington, DC 1999-‐2003 San Francisco State University Robert A. Corrigan President’s Alumni Award 1998 T. Nelson Gilbert Poetry Prize Winner 1998 The Tom Tyrell Diversity Award, San Francisco State University 1998 Outstanding Undergraduate Black Actress Award, San Francisco State University 1997 The Sylvia Ashe Award, San Francisco State University 1997 The University Women’s Association Award, San Francisco State University 1996 Franum Outstanding African American Woman Award, San Francisco State University 1995 CA Forensic State Champion in Dramatic Interpretation, Ventura Community College 1993
VOLUNTEER WORK
The Grammy Museum – Blackout Film Festival 2015 Frameline Film Festival Volunteer 2013-‐2015 Web Designer – Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame 2014 Qwocmap Film Festival Volunteer 2010-‐2014 Experiential Learning for Social Justice Community Organizer 2010-‐2012
Partnered with over 63 non-‐profits to develop short documentaries for their programs. Co-‐Director of Trinity University Drama Club 2008
Talent Judge (Spoken Word); Capital Jazz Festival, Washington, DC 2007 Talent Judge (Poetry Competition); Bowie State University 2006 Poetry Assistant (Sonia Sanchez); Naropa University 2003 Events Coordinator, Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, DC 1998
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PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Publications
• Walker, Jamie D. (2007), “James Brown, The Godfather of Soul, Dies at 73,” Black Arts Quarterly.
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Stanford University
• Walker, Jamie D. (2004), “Manifesto for My Soul (Poem),” BMa: The Sonia Sanchez Literary Review. Dilliard University.
Magazines and Newsletters
• Ramos, Jonathan. "The San Francisco Black Film Festival Honors Pioneer Filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux," San Francisco Weekly, June 2014.
• Valrey, JR. "Discussing The Young Oscar Micheaux with Filmmaker Jamie Walker," The San Francisco
Bayview, (June 2014)
• Obenson, Tambay. "Updates on J.D. Walker's Oscar Micheaux Biopic." Shadow and Act, August 2013.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Only Love Can Heal Wounds: Race, Class, and Gender Oppression in Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls,” About…Time, August 2011.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Meet the First Lady: Michelle Obama,” About… Time, March 2009., Jamie D.
• Walker, Jamie D. “An Aesthetic of Hope: Barack Obama and the Presidency,” About… Time, March 2009.
• Walker, Jamie D. "Yes, We Did! A Reunion Like No Other" About...Time
• Walker, Jamie D. “Too Much Protein?: Re-‐Examining the Benefits of Soy and Whey,” Heart & Soul
magazine (December/January 2008)
• Walker, Jamie D. “African Americans Figure Prominently in Presidential Debate,” About...Time 35.3 (2007): 34-‐37.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Volunteer Vacation: Humanitarian Service in Cancun, Mexico,” Heart & Soul
magazine (Feb/March 2007)
• Walker, Jamie D. “Interview with Sonia Sanchez,” Heart & Soul magazine (June/July 2006)
• Walker, Jamie D. “Broadway’s The Color Purple Empowers Many,” About…Time 33.4 (Spring 2006); reprinted in The Washington Informer and The African American Literature Book Club Online.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Playwright August Wilson Loses Battle with Liver Cancer,” About…Time 33.3 (2005):
30-‐31.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Thousands Bid Farewell to Luther Vandross,” About…Time 33.2 (2005): 32-‐25.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Ossie Davis: Remembering Him with Love,” About…Time 33.1 (2005): 20-‐23.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Why I Write,” Sable Literary Magazine, 5.1 (Fall 2004): 29-‐36.
• Walker, Jamie D. “The Healing Power of Poetry: In Praise and Support of Amiri Baraka," Trombones (Spring 2003): 8.
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• Walker, Jamie D. “Making Music, Making Babies: A Sneak Peak into the Lives of Parents Who Perform.” The Kindred Papers, 1.1 (2003): 10. • Walker, Jamie D. “Heart’s Day Celebration Honoring Sonia Sanchez Touches Many,” Trombones (Spring 2002): 2.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Sonia Sanchez: The Poet as Teacher,” Trombones (Fall 2001): 6
Books
• Walker, Jamie D. Editor, Sonia On My Mind: Critical Perspectives on Sonia Sanchez, with a Foreword by Maya Angelou, Introduction by Joyce Ann Joyce, and Afterword by Beverly Guy-‐Sheftall. Under Review. (Forthcoming: University of Michigan Press)
• Walker, Jamie D., Micheaux’s Women: A Critical Look at Oscar Micheaux’s Leading Ladies. In Development.
• Walker, Jamie D. (2011), The Mother Daughter Bond: Re-‐Examining Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John.
• Walker, Jamie D. (2006), Signifyin’ Me: New and Selected Poems. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corp.
• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), 101 Ways Black Women Can Learn to Love Themselves. Philadelphia: Xlibris.
Chapters in Books
• Walker, Jamie D. (2007), “Two Pieces (Poems)” in Gumbo for the Soul: The Recipe for Literacy in the Black Community, Beverly Black Johnson, editor. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc.
• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), “The Power of Preparation,” in It Doesn’t Take a Genius: Five Truths to Inspire Genius in Every Student, Tommie L. Lindsey and Randall McCutcheon, editors. NY: McGraw-‐Hill, 2005.
• Walker, Jamie D. (2006), “When He Demands All My Poems Be Written to Liberate Black America,” in Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees, DuEwa M. Frazier, editor. New York: Lit Noire Publishing, 2006.
• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), “It Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now: Interview with Jamie Walker,” in I Woke Up and Put My Crown On: The Project of 76 Voices, Rochelle D. Hart, editor. Baltimore, MD: Publish America, 2005.
• Walker, Jamie D. (2005), “When I Got It,” in It Doesn’t Take a Genius: Five Truths to Inspire Genius in Every Student, Tommie L. Lindsey and Randall McCutcheon, editors. NY: McGraw-‐Hill, 2005.
• Walker, Jamie D. (2004), “Interview with Esther Cooper Jackson,” (co-‐founder of Freedomways magazine),” in A Wealth of Wisdom:Legendary African American Elders Speak, Camille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint, editors. New York: Atria Books.
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• Walker, Jamie D. (Forthcoming), “A Poem for Dead Hearts,” in Are All the Women Still White?: Rethinking Race, Expanding Feminisms, ed. Janell Hobson. SUNY Press.
Newspapers and Web-‐based Articles
• Walker, Jamie D. "Liberated Women: Recoding and Reframing the Black Female Image in the Films of Oscar Micheaux," Hawaii University Conference on Arts & Humanities (Jan. 2013)
• Walker, Jamie D. "Hot and Bothered: How Black LGBT Filmmakers Defy the Odds While Resisting Objectification and Marginalization," Film Courage, July 2011.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Duke Ellington High School Performs The Wiz,” The Washington Informer, 14—20 Feb 2008.
• Walker, Jamie D. “The Vagina Monologues to Raise Money Against Domestic Violence,” The Washington Informer, 24—30 . Jan. 2008.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Race for the Cure March Proves Successful,” The Washington Informer, 6 June 2006.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Sonia Sanchez and Ten Grandmothers Acquitted of Defiant Trespassing,” African
American Literature Book Club Online, 1 December 2006. • Walker, Jamie D. “Thousands Bid Farewell to Luther Vandross,” The Washington Informer, 14 July 2005.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Broadway’s ‘The Color Purple’ Empowers Many,” The Tennessee
Tribune (Forthcoming); Reprinted with permission in The San Francisco Bayview, The Ebony-‐Brevard Times, and The Washington Informer.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Playwright August Wilson Battles Liver Cancer,” The Afro-‐American, 1 Sept. 2005.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Remembering Ossie Davis, With Love,” The Washington Informer, 16 Feb. 2005.;
Reprinted with permission in The Tennessee Tribune and About . . . Time magazine.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Furious Flower Conference Celebrates African American Poetry.” The New York Amsterdam News, 7-‐13 Oct. 2004: 23. Reprinted with permission on AALBC.com.
• Walker, Jamie D. “The Full Moon of Sonia.” The Final Call, 17 Aug. 2004: 7.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Sonia Sanchez Begins Full Moon Tour at National Black Arts Festival.” The New York Amsterdam News, 5—11 Aug. 2004: 21. Reprinted with permission in The Final Call.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Sisterspace Fights Eviction,” The Final Call, 15 June 2004: 7.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Former Essence Editor-‐in-‐Chief Opens Inn for Black Writers,” The New York Amsterdam News, 16—22 Aug. 2004. Reprinted with permission in The Tennessee Tribune, 4—10 April 2004 and The African American Literature Book Club Online.
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• Walker, Jamie D. “Home-‐Going Celebration for Daughter of Amina and Amiri Baraka Touches Many,” The San Francisco Bayview, 20 Aug. 2003. Reprinted with permission in The Amsterdam News, 21—27 Aug. 2003: B1 and Chickenbones: An Online Literary Journal.
• Walker, Jamie D. "Dorothy Height Retires Expenses on Mortgage at Birthday Bash," The Tennessee
Tribune, 4—10 April 2002: A1. Reprinted with permission in The Howard Hilltop and The Black World Today.
• Walker, Jamie D. “Camille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint Launch National Visionary Leadership
Project,” The Tennessee Tribune, 14—20 March 2001: A1. Reprinted with permission in The Spelman Spotlight, The Howard Hilltop, and The Black World Today.
Presentations and Workshops • "Liberated Women: Recoding and Reframing the Black Female Image in the Cinema of Oscar Micheaux."
Hawaii International Conference on the Arts and Humanities (January 2013). • "Filmmaking for Social Justice: Teaching Students the Art of the Documentary," UC Berkeley Social
Justice Symposium (October 2011). • Justice via Arts: Documentary Making for Social Justice Final Film Screenings," Santa Clara University,
Organized and hosted panel of student filmmakers involved in social justice work (June 2011). • "Strategies for Success: Interdisciplinary Discussion on Studying Diversity and Social Justice in Graduate
Education," Panel Participant at the (De) constructing Diversity in the Bay Area Conference, Santa Clara University, April 2011.
• "Race and Resistance: Strategic Ways Women Faculty of Color Mentor while Lifting as We Climb," Women of Color Faculty Luncheon, Keynote Speaker, Santa Clara University, April 2011.
• “Women Professors in African American Studies,” Howard University, Washington, DC, 2008 (panel with Dr. Denise King-‐Miller and Dr. Michele Simms-‐Burton)
• “A Wealth of Wisdom: Legendary African American Elders Speak,” The Schomburg Center, New York, 2004 (panel with Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Esther Cooper Jackson, David Driskell, et al; Recorded on CSPAN)
• “From the Black Arts Movement to Hip Hop,” The Tenderloin Book Fair, San Francisco, CA., 2004 (panel with Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Askia Tourè, et al)
• “Gwendolyn Brooks' In Montgomery," Karibu Bookstore, Hyattsville, MD, 2004 (poetry presentation and panel reading with Tony Medina and Shani Jamila)
• “Featured Poet: A Tribute to Sonia Sanchez," Naropa University, Boulder, CO, 2004
• “Being Professionally Active While Teaching,” Howard University, Washington, DC., 2002 (presentation for the annual “Teaching Associates & Assistants Workshop” in the Graduate School)
• “Keynote Speaker,” The Circle of Friends Book Club Extravaganza, Atlanta, GA, 2002. (Circle of Friends was featured twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show)
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• “Developing Healthy Self-‐Esteem in Black Girls,” The Teen Extreme Summer Jam, Washington, DC, 2002.
• “Keynote Speaker, 19th Century Black Women Abolitionists” Calvary Episcopal Church, Washington, DC, 2002. (Presentation of first book for The Association for the Study of African American Life and History)
• “Panel Participant: African American Literature” at The Black Caucus of American Librarians, 2002. Association Fifth National Conference of African-‐American Librarians in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (panel with Kwame Alexander, Tajuana Butler, Timmothy McCann, and Victor McGlothin)
• “The Construction of Whiteness” at Howard University in Washington, DC, 2002 (panel featuring Toni Morrison and artwork by her son, Slade Morrison)
• “The Politics of Motivational and Non-‐Fiction Writing,” The Second Annual African American Literature Conference, University of Maryland (College Park), 2002
Book Reviews
• Rev. of Mother Love: Reinventing A Good and Blessed Future For Our Children by Esther Davis-‐Thompson. Mosaic (Summer 2001).
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PRESS COVERAGE
INTERVIEWS (OUT OF THE BOX WITH ROSIE TRAN): "Podcast: "Interview with J.D. Walker" (April 2014) (MADAME NOIRE): "Q&A with Filmmaker J.D. Walker" (SAN FRANCISCO BAYVIEW): Interview with Filmmaker J.D. Walker KPFA (BERKELEY, CA): Interview with J.D. Walker and Safi KPOO (SAN FRANCISCO, CA): Interview with J.D. Walker and Brother Keith (INTERNATIONAL MEDIA TV): America's First Black Feature Filmmaker: Interview with J.D. Walker (ESTEEM AWARDS): An Interview with J.D. Walker
FEATURES (SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY): SF Black Film Festival Honors Pioneer Filmmaker Oscar Micheaux (SHADOW AND ACT): Updates on JD Walker's Oscar Micheaux Biopic
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(HUFFINGTON POST): "The Postwoman, J.D. Walker Film, Brings Queer African American Woman to Center Stage" (INDIEWIRE/SHADOW AND ACT): "LGBT Family Drama The Postwoman Needs Kickstarter Funds" (FILM COURAGE): "How To Survive a Crowdfunding Campaign" (AFTER ELLEN): "The Postwoman is Looking to Raise Production Funds on Kickstarter" (GLAAD): "GLAAD News Media Blog Announces The Postwoman Movie's Kickstarter Campaign" (ELIXHER): "In the Spirit of Community: Four Projects You Should Fund" THE POSTWOMAN MOVIE SEEKS COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR FEATURE FILM THE POSTWOMAN MOVIE SEEKS BOOK AUTHORS TO BE FEATURED IN BOOKSTORE SCENE J.D. PUBLISHING GROUP ANNOUNCES THE KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN FOR THE POSTWOMAN J.D. WALKER WINS THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PITCHING CONTEST THE POSTWOMAN EARNS HONORABLE MENTION IN SUNDANCE'S TABLE READ MY SCREENPLAY CONTEST THE POSTWOMAN FEATURE SCRIPT EARNS SEMI-‐FINALIST MENTION AT HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL THE POSTWOMAN FEATURE SCRIPT EARNS FINALIST MENTION AT LA FEMME FILM FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Video Production and Web Design CTE Teacher Claremont, CA Baldyview ROP 2015
• Given an $18,000 grant to upgrade a film classroom and teach three periods of Video Production and Web Design for at-‐risk students at San Antonio High School, a continuation high school.
• Describe all aspects of the filmmaking process including stages of filmmaking, lighting, sound, directing, and post-‐production techniques.
• Illustrate how to design and code websites using HTML and basic animation software. • Organize, arrange, and host student screenings.
Video Production, Journalism and Computer Tech Teacher Oakland, CA McClymonds High School 2014-‐2015
• Given a $10,000 grant to upgrade a film classroom and teach 6 classes of Video Production, Computer Tech, and Journalism for at-‐risk students at a small high school in West Oakland, California for at-‐risk youth participating in a Restorative Justice program.
• Describe all aspects of the filmmaking process including stages of filmmaking, lighting, sound, directing, and post-‐production techniques.
• Illustrate how to design and code websites using HTML and basic animation software. • Organize, arrange, and host student screenings. Film Teacher Santa Clara, CA Santa Clara University, Ethnic Studies Program 2009—2015 • Teach two courses, “Documentary Making for Social Justice” and “African American Independent Filmmakers” online face-‐to-‐face and teach online digital classroom for matriculating students.
• Collaborate with guest lecturers, speakers, and non-‐profit organizations to screen or showcase student work.
• Create pre-‐recorded power point presentations and instructional videos. • Design and manage HTML and digital files. • Serve as quarterly, part-‐time lecturer teaching online film courses, including experiential learning and diversity core courses, for the University Core Curriculum.
• Develop interdisciplinary curriculum for the Experiential core, Women's and Gender Studies core, and English Department core curriculum.
• Collaborate with over 60 local non-‐profits to host students productions.
Archival Assistant Oakland, CA Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Archives 2014 • Digitize historic photographs from the Hall of Fame’s archives. • Archive press materials, catalogues, written correspondence. • Create HTML, design, and manage Hall of Fame Archives website. • Develop bios and personal webpages for distinguished list of over 100 inductees. • Promote Filmmakers Hall of Fame via social media.
Academic Advisor Los Angeles, CA Inspire In-‐Home Tutoring, Inc 2014
• Schedule and lead academic advising appointments for at-‐risk students at Culver City High.
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• Track student programs while motivating students to succeed. • Tutor students in English, Spanish, History, Digital Photography, Geometry and Algebra. • Motivate and empower at-‐risk teenagers. • Develop college preparatory guides and materials. • Collaborate with Inspire, Inc. founder to provide the best possible resources for each student.
Marketing and Editorial Assistant Washington, DC
Howard University Press 2002-‐2009 • Developed marketing, graphic design strategies for the advertising team. • Represented organization at national conferences, setting up booths, product material • Sold material to interested buyers, networked with internal and external communication staff. • Design all book covers, press releases, and marketing related materials for the Howard University Press’s new for On Demand Publishing project, which resurrected over 100 titles that were formerly out of print into a new database housed at John Hopkins University.
• Edit and proofread University Press publications as well as advertising material and online content. • Implement all policies and activities, as scheduled, by the University Press Director. • Schedule, host, and lead literary events and activities for faculty authors. • Created press releases and PSA’s for radio and news media. • Established the first extensive database targeted news media and publications, including local tv stations newspapers, and places to advertise. and update University website.
Archival Assistant 2001 Moorland-‐Spingarn Research Center; Washington, D.C. • Assist Chief Librarian by researching and developing a distinguished working list of academic and trade titles in African American and Caribbean Literature for the University library collections.
Trade Book Buyer 2000 Howard University Bookstore; Washington, D.C. • Manage trade section of bookstore, including cash registers and student workers. • Update and track purchases in online database. • Host panels and coordinate book signings for authors. • As University’s first trade book buyer, helped organization to increase sales with outreach to local communities, faculty, students, and authors.
Audio Bookseller 2000—2001 Talking Book World; Rockville, MD • Manage purchasing database, open, and close bookstore alone. • Increase customer activity and sales by marketing specialized audio book packages to buyers. • Archive bookshelves.
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Bookseller 1999 Vertigo Bookstore; Washington, D.C. • Manage store and cash register. • Greet and assist customers with purchases. • Organize bookshelves.
Administrative Assistant 1996—1998 Esteem Conceptions Talent Agency; Richmond, CA • Schedule appointments and interviews with local actors. • Organize and lead auditions. • Write, manage, and distribute company documents, programs, fliers, and brochures.
FELLOWSHIPS
National Visionary Heritage Documentary Film Fellowship, Washington, DC 2001 • Selected out of thirty young scholars across the United States to participate in Camille Cosby and Renee Poussaint’s documentary film program designed to chronicle the work of legendary elders. Lannan Poetry Fellowship, The Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC 1999—2003 • Awarded by poet E. Ethelbert Miller. • Perform poetry at The Shakespeare Library and participate in weekly seminars with renowned poets.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Film Collaborative, Bad West LA, AFI, Film Specific, Modern Language Association.
SPECIAL SKILLS
EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Los Angeles, CA MFA in TV and Film (in progress) SLOAN-‐C CONSORTIUM Newbury Port, MA Certificate in Online Management 2013 HOWARD UNIVERSITY Washington, DC Ph.D. in English 2005 (received at age 27)
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY San Francisco, CA B.A. in Theater Arts. Graduated Cum Laude. Member of Golden Key National Honor Society.
• Program Management • Unit Production Management • Script Reading
• Adobe CS5/Avid/FCP/ MSOffice/Peoplesoft
• Typing 90wpm • HTML / Marketing / Social Media • Outreach and Retention • Producing, Cinematography, Directing
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• Directed and toured with many theatrical productions